Excelsior Correspondent
RS PURA, Mar 21: Additional general secretary and former Minister Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today voiced the concern of border dwellers claiming that their miseries have swollen manifold on account of absence of popular Government in J&K for the last several years.
The senior NC functionary was addressing the party’s women wing meeting at village Kothey Salahar. The event was organized in wake of ensuing Lok Sabha polls by Bharti Devi, vice president NC Women Wing district Jammu Rural- B.
In the meeting, Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial president Jammu, Bimla Luthra former MLA and State vice president women wing, Vijay Lochan Chairman SC Cell, Rakesh Singh Raka vice president Central Zone, Sham Lal Sadhotra Block president Bishnah, Jyoti Devi and Raj Kumari were present.
Daljeet Sharma, District president women wing Jammu Rural-B apprised the senior functionaries about the problems being faced by border dwellers in general and women in particular.
Sadhotra, while garnering support of the people for the upcoming political contest, maintained that only NC has the will and capacity to ensure women empowerment as other political outfits rely on rhetoric rather than implementing change on ground. He said that opponents of NC are solely relying on communal politics and divisive mindset thus making it imperative for the people of J&K to reject this trajectory and strengthen NC for all the good things for which this party has always remained at the forefront.
Rattan Lal Gupta, Provincial president Jammu, asserted that women have a significant role to play in shaping the better and peaceful future of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the present governance is marked by widening gender disparity in the region besides rising unemployment, development deficit and deepening uncertainty having affected everyone in the region. However, women are the worst sufferers amongst them as the prevailing political or social issues have had a devastating effect on their dignity and lives in J&K.
Former MLA Bimla Luthra hit out at the Government for undermining the aspirations of the people. She raised the issue of the Government abandoning the hapless widows and old aged persons of the region by stopping their pension. She urged the party cadre to gear up activities in view of upcoming polls.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
